Normally, freezing is a slow enough process that transient phenomena like ripples get smoothed out. But with the right conditions, even ripples can get frozen in time. This picture shows Keep reading
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Icelandic Glacial Caves
Expedition guide and photographer Ryan Newburn captures the ephemeral beauty of the glacial caves he explores in Iceland. These caves are in constant flux, thanks to the run and melt Keep reading
Snow-Covered Trees
In the Hakkōda Mountains of Japan, snow encases the trees, transforming the ski slopes into a hoodoo-filled winter wonderland. Photographer Sho Shibata captured these images while journeying through the area Keep reading
Spiral Ice Cracks
This odd puddle was found in Arizona after a night with low temperatures around -8 degrees Celsius (18 degrees Fahrenheit). Unlike the concentric rings sometimes seen on ice, this puddle Keep reading
Rocket-Like Supercooled Drops
Many droplets can self-propel, often through the Leidenfrost effect and evaporation. But now researchers have observed freezing droplets that self-propel, too. The discovery came when observing the freezing of supercooled Keep reading
Frozen in Ice
Air can dissolve in water, but not in ice. So as water freezes, any dissolved gases have to get squeezed out in order for the ice crystals to grow. Once Keep reading
Bendable Ice
Ice — as we typically encounter it — is extremely brittle and easily broken. That’s due to defects in the ice, places where atoms have settled into a spot that Keep reading
Mushy Layers
In many geophysical and metallurgical processes, there is a stage with a porous layer of liquid-infused solid known as a mushy layer. Such layers form in sea ice, in cooling Keep reading
Snowflake Still-Life
To take these high-resolution images of individual snowflakes, Nathan Myhrvold and his collaborators built a special camera. Their apparatus keeps the snowflakes chilled despite the strong illumination cast on them. Keep reading
Filming the Brinicle
It may have been 10 years since the BBC filmed the first timelapse of a growing brinicle, but the footage is just as amazing now as it was then! This Keep reading